And so, Forster died with great righteousness and generosity—I mean going in to see him. When he arrived at the main hall of the palace, he looked at the Eastern Roman Emperor on the throne and directly touched his chest and saluted: "Foreign minister, Norman Foreign Minister Foster, meet His Majesty the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil." ”

After listening to Foster's words, Basil II couldn't help frowning, and Elius next to him immediately asked: "Messenger, pay attention to your wording, it is the Roman Empire, not the Eastern Roman Empire. The great Emperor Basil II was the only emperor in the entire Roman world. ”

"I'm sorry, but forgive me for misusing this historic term. Forster apologized, but there were still thorns in his words: the Eastern Roman Empire was indeed the only Rome it is today—but not because of its strong army, which unified Eastern and Western Rome. It's because he has just one breath more than Western Rome under the attack of the barbarians, and he really doesn't die any commendable feats. At the same time, it also implies that the Western Roman Empire has fallen, and it will be a matter of time before your Eastern Roman Empire is also.

Therefore, since the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the restoration of the self-title of "Rome" in the Eastern Roman Empire, it has been deliberately ignored. The Eastern Roman Empire, which inherited the mantle of Rome, has always deliberately avoided this fact. I hope to be able to hide people's eyes. Forget this period of history that is considered a shame.

Foster's words revealed other people's scars, slapped people in the face, and scolded people to expose their shortcomings. Basil II, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly felt the urge to stand up, and then shouted: "Pull it out and cut it!"

"Calm down. Basil II forced himself to calm down and not to be provoked by the words of the other party. However, the face is still ugly to death. I didn't bother to use some of the methods I thought of to humiliate the Norman Empire before, and asked directly: "Your envoy came to Constantinople thousands of miles away, what happened?"

"Just to put an end to the flames of war, so that the lives will be miserable. Then the sovereign sent his ministers to consult with His Majesty. As Foster said this, he bowed his hand to the north and bowed from afar. Thousands of miles away, Egill, who was lying on Maria's body and working hard, suddenly felt something in his heart, and a trembling ......

"What's the matter?" said the little nun, beating Egil's chest lightly.

"Ahem...... It's probably because I've stayed up late a little too hard in the last few days. Egil blushed, rubbed Maria's slowly growing bun, and then exchanged the mysterious pill from the system with the roll of Aurora's eyes, and turned around to swallow it while Maria was not looking. After a moment he trembled again, and then looked at Maria with a lewd smile, and said:

"Come, let's move on......"

So in the prayer room, there was a spring light.

Thousands of miles away, Foster naturally didn't know that the wise and martial lord he admired was proclaiming adultery in the daytime, and it was quite a bit of a premature decline. After saying that, he looked at the Eastern Roman Emperor and waited for an answer.

"Let's talk about the peace of the war – not to mention that Poland-Lithuania was extinguished by you. When the Normans went south to Eastern Europe, I saw only a mournful and unruly chatter. You Normans are themselves soldiers, how dare you claim to be fighting the war? It is really a reversal of black and white, and it is shameless to the extreme. ”

Over there, the Emperor Basil was good at killing people and governing the country well, but his eloquence was really not good, and at this moment it was still Erius who answered the Normans' questions instead of the emperor.

That's not true. How can you say that?" Forster was astonished: "The war with Poland-Lithuania was fought by Poland against the alliance and forcibly attacked our country, and Poland was strong at that time, but our country was weak, and His Majesty had no choice but to send troops to fight Poland, and the result was a great victory by virtue of this justice and righteousness, and the weak defeated the strong." As for sending troops to Eastern Europe, Your Majesty, please see that before our country intervened in Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe was constantly fighting to bully the small and the strong to bully the weak. In times of chaos, the people are miserable. However, after China's intervention in Eastern Europe, the situation in Eastern Europe has been improving day by day, the dawn of peace has fallen again, all kinds of waste have been rejuvenated, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. How can it not be called a righteous act to end the war?"

Basil II over there snorted coldly: "It is precisely because you have put the Eastern European beacon fire to rest." I'm in a hurry. If you plunge headlong into the quagmire of war, and you beat me and I beat you every day, I will not be in a hurry.

Of course, this could not be said, and when Basil looked at Ellius again, he saw that the Roman general shook his head slightly, proving that he was powerless - after all, Erius was a general by profession, and he was also an intelligence chief and staff officer. When it comes to diplomacy, especially debate, it's just two knives. When encountering a professional like Foster, he is naturally invincible. ,

"Waste. Basil scolded secretly, and then said: "That barbarian, Hugh is quick to speak. What the hell is going on, let's talk about it quickly. I have to be entangled in business, and I don't have time to talk to you. ”

"Obviously, you bastards were the first to be difficult for me, but now you say so......" Foster also scolded very ugly in his heart, so he presented a silk book written in cloth, and said: "Everything my country needs is on this national letter." Your Majesty, please see. ”

"Hmm. Basil nodded, and a eunuch next to him walked over, took the silk book, examined it, and then respectfully held it in both hands and handed it to his own emperor.

Basil nodded, and then opened the cloth - this national book was the product of Egil's rare learning from the East, first of all, it was written in cloth and ink, and secondly, it was rolled in the middle with a bearing, and it looked not much different from ordinary Oriental books. The bearings are made of mahogany, carved with a phoenix motif, which is lifelike, and Basil II can't help but love it. I thought to myself, "I've heard for a long time that the Norman Empire is beautiful. Today, I can see it. Every letter from someone is so elegant......"

Egir naturally didn't expect that such an idea by chance could invisibly increase Basil's goodwill towards the Norman Empire.

Of course, this little bit of goodwill disappeared immediately after seeing the contents of the Norman Empire's national letters.

The national letter is in duplicate and is divided into the upper part and the second half. The first half is all written in Norman script, which Basil simply ignores, and then the second half, but it is Latin, which Basil can barely understand.

First of all, this letter of state greeted Basil and Basil's family more politely: "Since the farewell of the previous year, the gentleman's demeanor and voice are impressive, and I still remember it vividly. ”

Seeing Egil write this, Basil II snorted twice, and thought to himself: That's how you greeted? Let a sharp-tongued man run here and scold me?

Then read on.

The letter of state reviewed the historical friendship between the two sides, looked forward to the future of the war, and then proceeded to the present, and put forward several opinions and suggestions:

First, condemn the immorality of the Eastern Roman Empire, which was insincere and tore it up with his own hands a year after the treaty was signed. It is hoped that Basil II will show his sincerity for peace and accept the liquidated damages of 500,000 florins.

Second, with regard to the territory of Eastern Europe today, it is believed that Eastern Europe, including the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Crimean Khanate, has now become de facto the territory of the Norman state, and Egil deserves to be the tsar, and hopes that Basil II will accept this.

Third, in order to better develop exchanges and trade between the two sides, it is hoped that the Eastern Roman Empire can open up the Dardanelles Strait for Norman ships to come and go. It would have been nice to have generously ceded some of the islands in the Mediterranean to the Norman Empire.

Fourth......

Before Basil could see the fourth, he threw the letter to the ground with all his might, and then shouted: "Egil Skadergrímsson, the Normans have gone too far. Somebody—give me this guy—"

Thanks to Basil II, there was still a trace of reason in his heart, and the word "cut off" came to his lips, but it was replaced with: "Boom away." When the two Eastern Roman guards next to him heard this, they immediately came over and were about to push Forster away.

Foster snorted coldly, not flustered at all, and shouted, "Wait a minute!" The voice was so loud that he was stunned, and he actually suppressed two battle-hardened and tenacious soldiers of the Royal Forest Army.

"What else do you have to say?" asked Basil II in a loud voice, pointing his right index finger and middle finger together, pointing at Forster.

"The foreign minister has long legs, and he will walk by himself!"

What Forster said stunned Basil II, and then he saw Foster turn around, flick his sleeves, and stride away. Basil II didn't breathe a sigh of anger, and his chest felt sick to his stomach.

"Damn it. Basil shook his head, then muttered to himself, "I don't seem to have seen a Norman who could make me feel comfortable. It doesn't seem to be a question of whether we want to fight or not. The Normans had absolutely no good faith in negotiating. I am afraid that the recent series of victories has made the young Norman chief feel invincible. ”

"Is that so?" Aetius replied without a word, and then picked up the book on the ground and began to read you, and when he read the first few articles, he was indeed in a similar mood as Basil II, and felt very angry, but when he finished reading the fourth article, Aetius could not help but cry out: "Ahhhh

"What's going on?" Basil II asked, seeing how his confidant was going to be.

"Look here, Your Majesty!" said Aetius, handing over the credentials at once, and then reminded him, pointing to the fourth and fifth articles that Basil II had not seen......

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